Garlic Jr.

“	I have nothing to fear anymore. No one can defeat me now. I will avenge my father's death by destroying all of our enemies. Then I will rule the universe with the fury of the blood that runs in my veins!	„
	― Garlic Jr. gaining immortality

Garlic Jr. (ガーリック Gārikku Junia, lit. "Garlic Junior") is an alien whose father was in the running for the title of the God of Earth. He lost to Kami and tried to take it by force but was defeated and thrown into the Dead Zone. Garlic Jr. later comes to exact his revenge for this, firstly gaining immortality via the Dragon Balls (prior to Future Zamasu's debut in Dragon Ball Super, 16 years after Garlic Jr.'s debut, he held the distinction of being the only Dragon Ball villain to ever achieve this, canon or otherwise), then trying to kill Kami. He has to deal with Goku and Piccolo first and winds up falling to his own attack, The Dead Zone. He later comes back when a powerful star manages to free him and tries to take over the Earth with the Black Water Mist that turns anyone exposed to it into mindless raving vampire-like beings. Gohan, Piccolo, and Krillin are the only ones left not exposed to the mist and once again do battle with him, where he once more falls to his Dead Zone attack. This time with no way out.

Names	Garlic Jr. (ガーリック Gārikku Junia, lit. "Garlic Junior"),
Gender	Male
Race	Makayan, Demon Clansman
Occupation	Ruler of the Demon Clan
Origin	'Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone|ドラゴンボールＺゼット|Doragon Bōru Zetto|lit. Dragon Ball Z}}, also known as Dragon Ball Z: The Movie, and later referred to as Dragon Ball Z: Return My Gohan!!|ドラゴンボールＺ　オラの悟飯をかえせッ！！|Doragon Bōru Zetto　Ora no Gohan o Kaese!! July 15, 1989
Alignment	Evil
Age	Unknown
Created By	Takao Koyama, Daisuke Nishio
Height	Varies
Weight	Varies

Biography

Background

Garlic Jr. is the son and reincarnation of Garlic.

Dead Zone

Garlic Jr. is one of a handful of characters in the Dragon Ball series to be successfully granted eternal life by the Dragon Balls, thanks to his trio of lackeys Nicky, Ginger, and Sansho gathering them from around the globe. In the process, they kidnapped Gohan for the Four-Star Dragon Ball sewn onto his cap and hurt Chi-Chi, thus earning the ire of Goku.

While Gohan was being held captive, Garlic Jr. senses his power and decides to make Gohan his attendant. Delirious with joy after the granting of his wish of immortality, Garlic Jr. is then accosted by Goku and Kami and resolves to settle an old score with the latter. In the past, it was Kami who was chosen as the new successor for the throne of Guardian instead of his father, since the earlier Guardian had seen through Garlic's diabolical schemes. Garlic surmounted a rebellion against Kami's predecessor, only to be vanquished & sealed as a result. Now fearing nothing thanks to his newfound immortality, Garlic Jr. intends to return the favor.

While Garlic Jr. is preoccupied making good his grudge with Kami, Goku engages his minions. Not long after Krillin and Piccolo (who had survived an earlier attack by the villain's underlings) make their appearance, the three henchmen meet an early end.

Beset now by the combined might of Goku and Piccolo, Garlic Jr. goes from miniature to gigantic, shifting into a brutish second form able to handle both Goku and Piccolo at once. It is a back-and-forth confrontation before Goku and Piccolo take off their weights and land stronger blows on him. Livid, Garlic Jr. opens up the portal known as the Dead Zone, intending to suck his enemies into a void, which they could never return from. The power latent within Gohan explodes, and enraged, he overwhelms an awed Garlic Jr and knocks him into his own vortex to be trapped for all of eternity. Although he initially doesn't mind due to his newfound immortality, at the end of the movie, a withered Garlic Jr. can still be seen trapped within the Dead Zone's glass-like fragments.

Dragon Ball Z

Garlic Jr. Saga

Two years after Dead Zone, Garlic Jr. escapes imprisonment after the source of his power, the Makyo Star, approaches the Earth's orbit. Garlic Jr. gathers his team of demon henchmen, the Spice Boys. The Monarchs include Spice, Vinegar, Mustard, and Salt. While Kami is not on the lookout, Mr. Popo, while busy tending the Lookout, is attacked by Garlic Jr.'s Spice Boys. Attempting to flee on his Magic Carpet, the Spice Boys use their Energy Webbing to restrain him, allowing Garlic Jr. to cast the Sealed Light Beam spell to shrink and capture Mr. Popo in a glass jar. Upon his return, Kami receives similar treatment, though Garlic Jr. engages him in battle first, before the Spice Boys sneak up and surround and restrain the old Namekian, again using the Energy Webbing to allow Garlic Jr. to use a Sealed Light Beam to capture him. Garlic Jr. then schemes to take control of Earth's population by use of the Black Water Mist, which caused those who breathed it in to become mindless vampirish slaves under his rule. With only Gohan and Krillin left to fight for Earth, Garlic Jr. and his cronies have a decisive advantage, especially since Piccolo has presumably been turned into a slave of Garlic Jr. Another complicating matter was the Makyo Star; orbiting ever closer towards Earth, it served to amplify Garlic Jr. and his henchmen's already considerable power.

A fight ensues between Gohan, Krillin, the Spice Boys, and Piccolo which Garlic Jr. watches from a throne he materialized on the lookout. During the battle, Gohan obliterates Mustard and Salt with Masenko blasts, Piccolo begins to attack Gohan, and Krillin is bitten by Piccolo, taken over by the Black Water Mist himself. At one point, Spice suggests that perhaps Garlic Jr. would "Like the honor of finishing off the little ratbag yourself, my Lord", to which Garlic Jr. replies "Nah, have fun boys". However, in a change of heart, just as Piccolo lines up a strike with his claws to a limp and beaten Gohan, Garlic Jr. reaches out and stops Piccolo from dealing the death blow, commenting "Wait. I think I will finish him off after all". Piccolo was waiting for this opportunity and reaches into Garlic's robes and tosses Krillin the pair of jars containing Kami and Popo, revealing that he was immune to the Black Water Mist all along and that he pretended to bite Krillin to tell him to act as if he was possessed as well, so they could get in arm's reach of the bottles containing Kami and Mr. Popo.

With a twist of his thumbs, Krillin breaks the top of both jars and sets the Guardian and Mr. Popo free. At this point, Piccolo uses regeneration to heal the bite wounds in his neck and prepares to engage Garlic Jr. in combat. With the advantage and hostages lost, Garlic Jr. again converts to his second form. At the same time, Kami and Mr. Popo make their way into the inside of the lookout to use the Sacred Water to reverse the effects of the Black Water Mist. During the battle against Garlic Jr., Piccolo (who is linked to Kami) starts to lose strength as a result of the spirits of the former Guardians attacking Kami inside the lookout, and Garlic Jr. gains the upper-hand.

After Gohan releases a seismic two-sided blast which makes both Spice and Vinegar explode at the same time in midair, Garlic Jr., angry at his failure to make the people of Earth his permanent slaves, reopens the Dead Zone intending to trap everyone on Earth inside. Piccolo regains the ability to fight after the former Guardians stop their attack on Kami (and allow him to nullify the Black Water Mist's effect on Earth), and he and Krillin fly up to meet Garlic Jr. and distract him. Gohan then fires a powerful Masenko into the Makyo Star, destroying it and leaving an emaciated and powerless Garlic Jr. to fall prey to his Dead Zone once again, this time with no hope for return, doomed to spend an eternity in complete nothingness. Although Garlic Jr. witnessed Gohan's launching the attack at the Makyo Star, he was too dumbfounded at Gohan doing so to even attempt to intercept the attack.

Powers and Statistics

Tier: At least 5-A, High 5-A with Gigantification | At least 4-C, 4-A with Gigantification

Key: Dragon Ball Z: Dead Zone | Garlic Jr. Arc

Powers and Abilities: Superhuman Physical Characteristics, Small Size (Type 0), Bodily Weaponry (Fangs), Skilled Martial Artist, Acrobatics, Ki Manipulation (Advanced to Master Level; Advanced Level during Movie 1, and Master Level by the Garlic Jr. Arc), Flight, Aura, Self-Sustenance (Types 1 and 2), Immortality (Types 1, 2, and 3; After having his wish for eternal life granted by Shenron, Garlic Jr. could not be killed under any circumstances. Any wounds Garlic Jr. did take were healed rapidly as shown when a hole was blown through his stomach), Limited Soul Manipulation (Demon Clansmen, by nature, banish the souls of their victims to purgatory in the mortal realm, thus preventing ascension into the afterlife), Limited Immortality & Regeneration Negation (Non-combat applicable; Types 2 and 3; Mid-High; The Nimbus Cloud is capable of quickly reconstructing itself after being blown to smithereens, and is regarded as indestructible, but can be destroyed permanently by Demon Clansmen), Empowerment (Through the Makyo Star), Transformation (Can transform into a Super Makyan [which also gives him Type 0 Large Size], increasing his capabilities drastically), Regeneration (Mid-High; as an immortal, should be superior to Cell and Buu), Extrasensory Perception (Via Ki Sensing. Could sense Gohan's dormant power), Sealing & Size Manipulation (Trapped Mr. Popo and later Kami in energy spheres, reducing their sizes), Creation (Via Magic Materialization), Telekinesis (Demonstrated here), Afterimage Creation (As seen here), Black Hole Creation with the Dead Zone, Clairvoyance (Can project any point in the Earth) with Kami's Water Mirrors, Power Bestowal, Mind Manipulation and Corruption (Type 1; Anyone who breathes in the mist turns into a Demon Clan member that worships Garlic Jr. and the Spice Boys) with the Black Water Mist

Attack Potency: At least Large Planet level (Overwhelmed Kami with minimal effort, who is superior to Post-Chōshinsui Goku), Brown Dwarf level+ with Gigantification (Created the Dead Zone, a type of black hole. Comparable to Beginning of Z Goku and Piccolo) | At least Star level (Far above his subordinates. Easily dispatched of Krillin and held his own against a casual Piccolo), Multi-Solar System level with Gigantification (Increases his power by "many tens of times" Initially defeated Piccolo with relative ease, who's superior to Second Form Frieza, only being overwhelmed when Piccolo took on a Gigantification form perfected not to lose speed. Grew even more powerful the closer the Makyo Star got to the Earth, to the point that Gohan, who had previously managed to blow a massive hole through his stomach, was casually sent flying by a simple backhand. Threatened to destroy the Lookout with the Dead Zone, which contains two realms containing starry skies)

Speed: Relativistic+, lower with Gigantification (Despite his reduced speed and mobility, initially blitzed both Piccolo and Goku and managed to keep up with them even after they removed their weighted clothing) | At least FTL+ (Evaded a punch from Gohan with ease), lower with Gigantification (Still managed to keep up with Piccolo despite his reduced speed)

Lifting Strength: At least Class T (Superior to Post-Chōshinsui Goku), higher with Gigantification | At least Class P (Far superior to an enraged Kid Gohan, who resisted the gravitational pull of the Dead Zone), higher with Gigantification

Striking Strength: At least Large Planet level, Brown Dwarf level+ with Gigantification (Initially overwhelmed both Goku and Piccolo at the same time, only being overwhelmed once they took their weighted clothing off) | At least Star level, Multi-Solar System level with Gigantification

Durability: At least Large Planet level, Brown Dwarf level+ with Gigantification (Doesn't budge from Piccolo's punch) | At least Star level, Multi-Solar System level with Gigantification

Stamina: Superhuman (Garlic Jr. was able to last in a fight against Krillin, Piccolo and Gohan due to his immortality)

Range: Standard Melee Range; Planetary with ki blasts | Standard Melee Range; Interplanetary with ki blasts; Interstellar with Dead Zone (Threatened Kami all the way from the Shinsenkai, which is a realm containing a starry sky within another realm containing a starry sky)

Standard Equipment: None notable. Optional Equipment:

• Black Water Mist: Anyone who breathes in the mist has the evil in their heart drawn out and becomes a demon-like vampire that worships Garlic Jr. and the Spice Boys. Noticeable physical effects of Black Water Mist infection include noticeably increased incisors as well as their irises turning pink and having their pupils disappear. In addition, anyone bitten by one infected by the mist becomes exactly like them. It's hinted that the Black Water Mist can even impact those with pure hearts, as shown with Chi-Chi, who had enough purity of heart to ride the Flying Nimbus. The Holy Water is the only substance that can counteract the Black Water Mist. Yet after a day, even the Holy Water will be meaningless. The only known way to evade exposure to the mist is by containing oneself in an area where the mist cannot pass through such as a sealed-in cave or otherwise by diving deep into a large body of water.

Intelligence: Gifted (Skilled in hand-to-hand combat, having easily overwhelmed the likes of Kami in battle, casually dispatched of Krillin, and would certainly boast greater combative prowess in comparison to the Spice Boys. Can control and summon the Dead Zone, something even vastly more powerful beings cannot do due to lack of knowledge of it even existing let alone how to control it. Led his own groups of henchmen in both of his appearances. He is one of only two antagonists in the series to ever be successful in achieving immortality. Infiltrated the Lookout and used the Black Water Mist to enslave everyone on Earth while also keeping Kami and Popo alive so he could use them as hostages, however, he can be reckless, forgetful, prone to making bad decisions and failing to learn from his mistakes. For example, he attempted to kill Piccolo and Kami before using the Dragon Balls, forgetting that doing so would render the balls inert. Tried to use the Dead Zone to defeat the heroes when, given his immortality, he could have simply outlasted them through attrition)

Weaknesses: If he opens the Dead Zone, he can be sucked in and trapped by his own attack if he loses his balance from being attacked or is distracted. Piccolo believed that complete physical destruction might kill him. The destruction of the Makyo Star will render him powerless.

Attacks and Techniques

• Flight – The ability to fly with the use of ki.
• Ki Blast – The most basic form of energy attack.
• Immortality – The concept of living in physical or spiritual form for an infinite length of time without dying.
  • Regeneration – Thanks to his immortality, Garlic Jr. can heal any wound in seconds, even after having a massive hole blown through his stomach by Gohan.
• Magic Materialization – A magical ability used to create physical matter out of thin air.
• Sealed Light Beam – First, he puts his hands in front of him, and then he fires rings of energy that paralyze and shrink the opponent.
• Continuous Energy Bullets – A combination of many energy waves, much more powerful than the average ki blasts, and fired at a very rapid rate. Also used in Dragon Ball Z: Kyōshū! Saiyan.
• Dead Zone – Super Garlic Jr. heightens his ki which opens a portal to the Dead Zone and launches it towards his opponent. Upon impact, it binds the enemy for a few seconds and Garlic Jr. appears to be strangling his opponent. After a few seconds, the Dead Zone vanishes in a small explosion, inflicting a great deal of damage. This attack can be avoided, but it is unblockable.
• Death Impact – A Full Power Energy Wave shot from the hand.
  • Belly Blast - Super Garlic Jr. thrusts his chest forward and releases the massive red beam from his belly.
• Darkness Eye Beam – The user shoots two thin purple energy rays from the eyes.
• Darkness Illusion – First, Super Garlic Jr. punches the opponent and moves behind them to elbow their back. Then, he backhands the opponent into the ground and flies after them. Finally, Super Garlic Jr. grabs them by the neck and flies downwards to slam them into the ground, inflicting a significant amount of damage.
• Finger Beam – The user holds out their index finger and releases an energy beam from their fingertip.
• Full Power Energy Ball – Garlic Jr. launches an energy ball from each hand, before firing a third powerful ball from both hands. Also used in the Budokai Tenkaichi series. In Dragon Ball Heroes, he uses only the last powerful energy sphere, named Death Dance (デスダンス).
• Afterimage Technique – One of Garlic Jr.'s Blast 1 in his base form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• Makyo Star – One of Garlic Jr.'s Blast 1 in his transformed state in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• High Speed Rush – One of Garlic Jr.'s Blast 2 in his base form in the Budokai Tenkaichi series.
• Mind Break – A Card Action Ability utilizable by any of the Kings of Destruction. The user fires a beam at their target that puts them under Babidi's Mind Control.

Trivia

• The puns on the names of Garlic Jr. and those affiliated with him are all derivatives of spices.
• Garlic Jr.'s fangs make him look like a vampire, which is likely a play on the name "Garlic" (which, ironically, is a weakness for vampires).
  • Owing to the similarities, he was also responsible for turning most of the earth into Vampire-like demons (albeit indirectly via the Black Water Mist rather than by biting them).
• While many other villains have attempted to use the Dragon Balls to achieve immortality, Garlic Jr. is the first villain to achieve immortality, the second being Future Zamasu.
• In the English dub of "The Heavens Tremble", Garlic Jr. said that he had been imprisoned in the Dead Zone for ten years. However, Gohan (who was responsible for sealing him in the Dead Zone) was only four years old at the time and was six years old in the episode, though it could be explained by the time moving differently in the Dead Zone.
• In the English dub of the episode "Call for Restoration", Garlic Jr., who had just escaped the Dead Zone, refers to Piccolo as a Namekian. However, Piccolo (and Kami) were not aware of their heritage until after Garlic Jr. was trapped in the Dead Zone. How Garlic Jr. came to learn this fact while in the Dead Zone is not explained.
• In the English dub of the Garlic Jr. Saga, Garlic Jr. makes various comments referring to baseball. When Krillin's Kamehameha curves upward in front of him, Garlic Jr. says "What a curveball." When he beats Piccolo, Garlic Jr. remarks "It's the bottom of the ninth for you Piccolo, and here's the pitch. Strike three, you're outta there! It's the end of the game. You lose"
• Garlic Jr. looks very similar to Emperor Pilaf. Both are voiced by Chuck Huber in the FUNimation dub, Don Brown in the Ocean Group dub, as well as Shigeru Chiba in the Japanese dub (Shigeru only voiced Garlic Jr. in the anime, not the movie).
  • However, unlike Pilaf, Garlic Jr. actually succeeded in gaining the wish he desired, is more cunning and a more powerful fighter, and has a much darker and less comical personality than the Emperor.
• Shigeru Chiba, Garlic Jr.'s voice in his return filler arc, previously voiced his lackey Nicky in his debut film. Akira Kamiya was busy with other work by the time of the Garlic Jr. Saga, so Chiba, who was familiar with Kamiya's work already through Fist of the North Star and other projects, replaced him.
• Garlic Jr. is one of the only two villains who has had a saga and a movie after them, have fought and come back once, only to be defeated because they did not learn from their mistakes, the other being Frieza.
  • However they did so in a reverse manner as Garlic Jr. originated from a film and received a anime filler saga, while Frieza originated from the main series and later received a film, the story of which eventually became another main series saga, the Golden Frieza Saga.
• Garlic Jr.'s attack on The Lookout is given an indirect reference in the English dub of the Fusion Saga, where Piccolo upon being released from imprisonment via Gotenks at the Hyperbolic Time Chamber and discovers Super Buu's destruction of the Lookout says "the Lookout is destroyed... again."
• Garlic Jr. has some similarities to Piccolo, namely that he was reincarnated from another character and held a grudge against the person who doomed his father/past self (Goku regarding Piccolo, Kami regarding Garlic Jr.), and both even had a degree of immortality thanks to the Dragon Balls (Garlic Jr. directly gained complete immortality, while Piccolo inherited King Piccolo's Eternal Youth). A notable difference between the two is that Garlic Jr. remained a villain from start to finish, while Piccolo eventually became a good guy and even before his reforming had nevertheless possessed some redeemable characteristics.
  • He also bore some similarities to Uub, as he was the reincarnation of a major evil (Kid Buu, in Uub's case) as well as also being borne of a wish. The major differences are that Uub was the polar opposite of Kid Buu in overall morality while Garlic Jr. was evil just like his father/past self, and that Garlic Jr.'s birth was due to his father wishing to be reincarnated to get revenge on Kami, while Uub was created by a wish from Goku largely due to being impressed enough with Kid Buu's fighting prowess that he regretted having to kill him.

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